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...power cord (FAX-2580C only) 1 Remove tape and plastic bag from on 1 the side of the paper tray. 2 Connecting the handset (FAX-2480C only) 1 Connect the curled handset cord to the handset. Setting Up the Machine 1 1 Removing the protective parts 1 Remove the protective tape and ...film covering the scanner glass. 2 Remove the foam bag containing the ink cartridges from the AC adapter. 2 Unpack a battery, battery cover and cordless handset. 3 Insert ...
...power cord (FAX-2580C only) 1 Remove tape and plastic bag from on 1 the side of the paper tray. 2 Connecting the handset (FAX-2480C only) 1 Connect the curled handset cord to the handset. Setting Up the Machine 1 1 Removing the protective parts 1 Remove the protective tape and ...film covering the scanner glass. 2 Remove the foam bag containing the ink cartridges from the AC adapter. 2 Unpack a battery, battery cover and cordless handset. 3 Insert ...
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... Note You will be connected to your product online using the On-Line Registration link from the Brother Solutions Center for Macintosh®. You can also register your computer with FAX-2480C and FAX-2580C. however, the maximum data transfer rate will receive a confirmation fax of the machine...8226; Please download the printer driver first before connecting the machine to a computer that is illuminated in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) or the scanner glass. 22 Using the Fax as a printer or for PC-Fax send You can also be 12 Mbits/s. Note Connecting the USB cable 1...
... Note You will be connected to your product online using the On-Line Registration link from the Brother Solutions Center for Macintosh®. You can also register your computer with FAX-2480C and FAX-2580C. however, the maximum data transfer rate will receive a confirmation fax of the machine...8226; Please download the printer driver first before connecting the machine to a computer that is illuminated in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) or the scanner glass. 22 Using the Fax as a printer or for PC-Fax send You can also be 12 Mbits/s. Note Connecting the USB cable 1...
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2 Insert the USB cable into the USB socket marked with a symbol. Brother recommends that is no langer than 6 feet (2 meters) long. 4 Lift the scanner cover to release the lock ( ). Gently push the scanner cover support down ( ) and close the scanner cover ( ). 17 Improper Setup • DO NOT connect the machine to your computer. You will...
2 Insert the USB cable into the USB socket marked with a symbol. Brother recommends that is no langer than 6 feet (2 meters) long. 4 Lift the scanner cover to release the lock ( ). Gently push the scanner cover support down ( ) and close the scanner cover ( ). 17 Improper Setup • DO NOT connect the machine to your computer. You will...
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Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status Monitor...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant...22 Accessing the Scanner...23 Scanning a document into the PC ...24 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 25 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only 29 WIA compliant ...29 Accessing the...
Table of Contents Section I Windows® 1 Printing Using the Brother printer driver...2 Features ...2 Choosing the right type of paper...3 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 3 Clearing data from the memory ...3 Checking the print quality ...3 Status Monitor...17 Device Options ...19 Support tab ...21 2 Scanning Scanning a document using the TWAIN driver 22 TWAIN compliant...22 Accessing the Scanner...23 Scanning a document into the PC ...24 Settings in the Scanner Setup dialog box 25 Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only 29 WIA compliant ...29 Accessing the...
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...98 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 98 Clearing data from the memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103... fax (MFC models only) ...104 9 Scanning Scanning from a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan...
...98 Simultaneous printing, scanning and faxing 98 Clearing data from the memory ...98 Checking the print quality ...98 Status Monitor ...99 Using the Brother Ink driver ...100 Choosing page setup options ...100 Choosing printing options ...101 Media Type...101 Quality ...102 Paper Feed (MFC-5860CN only)...103... fax (MFC models only) ...104 9 Scanning Scanning from a Macintosh® ...107 Accessing the scanner ...107 Scanning an image into your Macintosh 108 Pre-Scanning an image ...108 Settings in the Scanner window ...109 Using the Scan key (For USB cable users 113 Scan to E-mail ...113 Scan...
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... a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP users can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your PC...the operating system you may need to configure the firewall settings to scan, you are installed. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) on page 29). ...
... a document using the TWAIN driver 2 TWAIN compliant 2 The Brother MFL-Pro Suite software includes a TWAIN compliant scanner driver. Windows® XP users can also scan images directly into hundreds of other software applications that Brother included with OCR on page 40. • If your PC...the operating system you may need to configure the firewall settings to scan, you are installed. Visit the Brother Solutions Center (http://solutions.brother.com) for communicating between scanners and applications. Scanning a document using the WIA driver (Windows® XP only) on page 29). ...
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...list. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scan ...panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the...
...list. Note • For Windows® XP: Choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or TW-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. • For other software applications. The Scanner Setup dialog box appears: 23 Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you use ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scan ...panel appears in this Guide are using other operating systems: Choose Brother MFC-XXXX USB or Brother MFC-XXXX LAN. (Where XXXX is your model name) d Click Scan. Scanning Accessing the Scanner 2 a Start the ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE software that was installed during the...
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... the scanning area further by pre-scanning the document. This is required when you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size c Click ... Load your document. 1 b Choose the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you crop any unwanted areas from the image.
... the scanning area further by pre-scanning the document. This is required when you are scanning the correct area, click the Start button in the Scanner Setup dialog box: Scan (Image Type) Resolution Scan Type Brightness Contrast Document Size c Click ... Load your document. 1 b Choose the settings for Image Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Brightness, Contrast and Document Size as needed , in the Scanner Setup dialog box to the PaperPort® SE window. 2 2 Note After you select a document size, you crop any unwanted areas from the image.
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...the options available to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. f Click Start. The default settings are listed in the Scanner Setup dialog box 2 Image Type 2 Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Note Skip this step if you want to refine...bit colour Black & White 25 d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you loaded the document on the scanner glass in step a. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Scanning c Click ...
...the options available to scan. 2 Note You can enlarge the image using the original size. f Click Start. The default settings are listed in the Scanner Setup dialog box 2 Image Type 2 Choose the output image type from Photo, Web or Text. Note Skip this step if you want to refine...bit colour Black & White 25 d Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag it over the portion you loaded the document on the scanner glass in step a. This time only the chosen area of the document appears in the Scanning Area (1) of the default settings. Scanning c Click ...
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... scanned image is only available when you set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas of the scanner glass. Photo 4 × 6 in. Index Card 5 × 8 in grey areas.
... scanned image is only available when you set a lower Brightness level and scan the document again. An increase emphasizes dark and light areas of the scanner glass. Photo 4 × 6 in. Index Card 5 × 8 in grey areas.
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...TWAIN scanning. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 b Click File, then Scan. Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you are based on the left side of the screen. d Click Scan. The process will start. ...Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan ...
...TWAIN scanning. The Scan panel appears on ScanSoft® PaperPort® SE. The Scan dialog box appears: 29 b Click File, then Scan. Accessing the scanner 2 a Open your model name). • If you are based on the left side of the screen. d Click Scan. The process will start. ...Or click the Scan button. c Choose the scanner you choose TW-Brother MFC-XXXX, the TWAIN driver will vary when scanning from the Scanner drop-down list. Note • Choose WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX USB or WIA-Brother MFC-XXXX LAN (Where XXXX is your software application to scan ...
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... Document Feeder from the drop-down list (1). c Choose the picture type (2). to crop a portion you want to scan on page 24.) Scanning a document using 2 the scanner glass. (See Pre-Scanning an image - You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the...
... Document Feeder from the drop-down list (1). c Choose the picture type (2). to crop a portion you want to scan on page 24.) Scanning a document using 2 the scanner glass. (See Pre-Scanning an image - You can either use the ADF (automatic document feeder) or the...
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The machine starts scanning the document. 31 Click OK after you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of 1200 dpi. If you choose the settings. 2 Note By default, the scanner resolution can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. You can be set to a maximum of the scanned picture (3). Scanning e If you want to scan at higher resolutions, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility on page 33.) f Click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box.
The machine starts scanning the document. 31 Click OK after you want to change some advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of 1200 dpi. If you choose the settings. 2 Note By default, the scanner resolution can choose Brightness, Contrast, Resolution and Picture Type from Advanced Properties. You can be set to a maximum of the scanned picture (3). Scanning e If you want to scan at higher resolutions, use the Brother Scanner Utility. (See Brother Scanner Utility on page 33.) f Click the Scan button in the Scan dialog box.
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... type (2). d Click Preview. Note If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you want to scan the image. e Press and hold down on the scanner glass. 2 b Choose Flatbed in the Scan dialog box to scan. 32 Scanning Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the...
... type (2). d Click Preview. Note If your machine has no Auto Document Feeder (ADF), you want to scan the image. e Press and hold down on the scanner glass. 2 b Choose Flatbed in the Scan dialog box to scan. 32 Scanning Pre-Scanning and cropping a portion using the...
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...disk space then your PC may dramatically increase. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your model name)/Scanner Settings. If you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for resolutions ... size may freeze as the default size, use this utility to configure the WIA scanner driver for the size of the scanned picture (3). The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you need to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of...
...disk space then your PC may dramatically increase. You can run the utility by choosing Scanner Utility located in Start/All Programs/Brother/MFC-XXXX menu (where XXXX is your model name)/Scanner Settings. If you do not have enough memory and hard disk space for resolutions ... size may freeze as the default size, use this utility to configure the WIA scanner driver for the size of the scanned picture (3). The machine starts scanning the document. Brother Scanner Utility 2 The Brother Scanner Utility is scanned and you need to access advanced settings, click Adjust the quality of...
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... Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. 49 Note You can configure your graphics application for each ControlCenter3 button in the Device Button tab. 3 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) 3 The...
... Image, Scan to OCR, Scan to E-mail and Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. 49 Note You can configure your graphics application for each ControlCenter3 button in the Device Button tab. 3 Image (example: Microsoft® Paint) 3 The...
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... add an application to OCR. 51 To configure Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. If you want to OCR, right-click the OCR button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the word...
... add an application to OCR. 51 To configure Scan to scan and then crop a portion of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. If you want to OCR, right-click the OCR button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button tab. 3 To change the word...
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...; Portable Network Graphics (*.png) PDF (*.pdf) 52 You can choose from the following list of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, right-click the E-mail button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button...
...; Portable Network Graphics (*.png) PDF (*.pdf) 52 You can choose from the following list of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. To change the default E-mail application or attachment file type, right-click the E-mail button, click ControlCenter Configuration and click the Software Button...
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To let you specify the destination of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. 53 To display where the scanned image is saved when scanning is finished, check the Show Folder box. You can save the file ...
To let you specify the destination of a page after pre-scanning the document, check the Show Scanner Interface box. 53 To display where the scanned image is saved when scanning is finished, check the Show Folder box. You can save the file ...
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Scan to Image General tab 3 3 To create the button name, enter a name in the Please enter a name for the Custom Button text field (up to see the configuration window. ControlCenter3 Customizing a user-defined button 3 To customize a button, right-click the button, then click the ControlCenter Configuration button to 30 characters). Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 55
Scan to Image General tab 3 3 To create the button name, enter a name in the Please enter a name for the Custom Button text field (up to see the configuration window. ControlCenter3 Customizing a user-defined button 3 To customize a button, right-click the button, then click the ControlCenter Configuration button to 30 characters). Choose the type of scan from the Scan Action field. Settings tab Choose the Target Application, File Type, Resolution, Scan Type, Document Size, Show Scanner Interface, Brightness and Contrast settings. 55